C-suite

Thomas Zernick will become chief executive of the Florida bank when Anthony Leo retires at the start of 2024.

The Rosemont, Illinois-based bank said its longtime CEO Ed Wehmer will retire from the post in May and become executive chairman. Timothy Crane, who joined Wintrust in 2008 and became its president in 2020, will take over the top job.

The bank hired an executive from The Bancorp to manage its risk operations after the incumbent, Jeff Curry, announced his retirement.

Nadine Chakar will take the helm at Securrency from current CEO Dan Doney, who will become chief technology officer.

InBankshares has hired a former PacWest senior executive — its third leader to come from a regional bank — in a move aimed at bringing in the skills necessary to run a much larger institution.

Stephanie Ferris will take the helm from current CEO Gary Norcross on Jan. 1, as he transitions to executive chairman of the board.

The prepaid card and digital banking company promoted its chief financial and operating officer, George Gresham, to chief executive.

Richard Green is the third member of his family to run Firstrust Bank in Pennsylvania, but at 70, he is ready to step aside. His son Jeff is 27 and is — ironically — still too green for the role.

Chairman and CEO Craig Dwight is counting on the Indiana company's new president, Thomas Prame, to pursue nonbank acquisition targets after it scooped up more than a dozen banks in the past decade.

Hafize Gaye Erkan, whose surprise departure from First Republic Bank disrupted the lender’s succession plans earlier this year, will become chief executive officer of Greystone as the closely held commercial-property lender expands into wealth management and private banking.